A Woman’s Work: Reclaiming the Radical History of Mothering by Elinor Cleghorn Groundswell Speaker 2024 QuadrilleISBN: 9781787138315Extent: 176 pages

QuadrilleISBN: 9781787138315Extent: 176 pages

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A Woman’s Work: Reclaiming the Radical History of Mothering by Elinor Cleghorn Groundswell Speaker 2024 QuadrilleISBN: 9781787138315Extent: 176 pagesMothers make history. For centuries, motherhood has sparked social and political change. Yet the acts of growing, birthing and nurturing children and the power they hold have been pushed to the margins, overlooked in our narratives of the past. In A Woman's Work, Elinor Cleghorn reveals the mothers, othermothers, midwives, activists, and community leaders who have shaped this extraordinary history. They include Hildegard of Bingen, the medieval nun